Google+ Social Network: What's new?

It is Google's third dive to the social networking world. Earlier, Google launched Buzz and Orkut with social networking features. Google Buzz failed to catch users interest and Orkut came down with the surge of Facebook.

Even though Google dominates the search engine market, it has been facing intense competition in the display ad market, which is a primary source of income. With the surging popularity of Facebook, advertisers are focusing more on Facebook for ads. More over a latest survey revealed that internet users are spending more time on Facebook than Google. Read Google Plus Tips & Tricks.

Recently, industry tracker comScore revealed that Google got more than one million unique visitors in the month of may 2011. The software mammoth Microsoft settled at the second spot with 905 million unique visitors in May with a 15 percent growth. But, Google's close rival Facebook ranked third with 714 million visitors with 30 percent growth rate, which was double than the two top rank holders. Tips to personalize Google profile link.

Moreover, according to a latest market research report published by the online measurement body UKOM/Nielsen, Facebook overtook the Microsoft websites in the month of May 2011 to become the second most visited website behind Google.

Google has not yet started to roll out the new Google+ for public. Google granted access to selected people to checkout the features. Once it's ready with the modifications and new features, Google+ will be in your hands. So, is it the time to think for a change? Let's us know through your comments.

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